Cistern-cleaner



(No Model.)

J. W. HAWK. GISTERN CLEANER.

No. 526,077. Patented sept. 18, 1894.

NITED STATES PATENT ofi-ACE.

JAMES wILLAED HAWK, oE WEBSTER CITY, ,-IowA.

CISTERNf-CLEANER.

SPECIFICATION forming` part of Letters Patent No. 526,077, dated September 18,1894.

I Application filed November 21,1893. Serial No. l191.570. (No model.) v

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J AMEs WILLAED HAWK, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Webster City, Hamilton county, State of Iowa, have invented certain new and'useful `Improvements in Cistern-Cleaners; and my preferred manner of carrying out the inven-` tion is set forth inthe following full, clear, and exact description, terminating with claims particularly specifying the novelty.

This invention relates to cistern cleaners; and the object of the same is to provide an improved device for cleaning cisterns which will agitate the Water only directly beneath the cleaner and can also be used as a pump, and which can be moved from point to point within the cistern with perfect ease.

To this end the invention consists in the device hereinafter more fully described and claimed, and as illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein- Figure l is a side view of my improved device, showing the toothed or spur wheel and its gearing. Fig 2 is a front view of the same with the lower part olf the cylinder in section to illustrate the interior mechanism; and this view also shows a detail of the flat tie-rod. Fig. 3 is a section on a reduced scale on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, the letter A designates a cylinder having'a top or cover F provided with lateral ears F2 and F4, and a bottom F provided with lateral ears F2. The top and bottom have flanges f adapted to fit over the outside of the cylinder, and in the bottom is a hole over which fits an ordinary iiap valve f'. Said top and bottom are held secure by means of the ties b and b the former of which is a rod and the latter a plate, as shown, with reduced and threaded ends. The extremities of these tie rods pass through apertures in the ears exterior of the cylinder and receive vpins or nuts N. Rising from and secured to the top or cover F is the tube or pipe A', and telescoping therewith is another smaller pipe or tube A2. These may be adjusted to any desired length by means of the set screw a. The pipe A2 has at its upper end a head provided with an ordinary discharge spout G, and secured to this head are two brackets H H2, one of which pivotally supports the handle or lever H2 while the other extends radially from the head vfor a `purpose to be described below. The lever H3 `journaled the loose wheels C and D projecting below the lower end of the cylinder; and one of these wheels, D, is toothed and hasl a gear E on its hub.

A3 is a rod formed in two members telescopically connected by being square or splined together as shown, and adjustable in length in any suitable manner as by the set screw shown. This rod passes through and is journaled in the bracket H2 above mentioned and extends downward through the large ear F4 of the topor cover of the cylinder A, and thence through an angle-iron H4 which is secured in any suitable manner to the fiat tie rod b preferably near its lower end. Said telescoping rod has secured toits lower end a gear E meshing with the gear E on the hub of the toothed or spur wheel D; and the same is operated-by means of a crank or handle H which is secured to the upper end of the rod A3.

The operation of my device is as follows: Having adj usted the pipe and rod to the desired length, the cleaner is lowered into a cistern, and the dirt or sediment directly beneath the cleaner is pumped out by means of the hand lever H2. To move the cleaner to another position in the cistern, the operator turns the crank or handle H which causes the gear E to revolve and in turn rotates the toothed or spur wheel D, thus causing the cleaner to move bodily around the pivot' directly beneath the cleaner so that the dirt is not stirred up at other points. After all the dirt has been removed, the use of the de vice as a pump will not, of course, stir up `any sediment.

I do not limit myself to the precise construction, sizes, shapes, or materials as a great variety of changes may be made without departing from the spirit of my invention.

What is claimed as new is- 1. In a cistern cleaner, the combination with an upright cylinder having a top and bottom; of stub axles formed by ears of said bottom, wheels journaled thereon and extending below the base, one of said wheels being smooth and the other toothed, and means for turning said toothed wheel from a point remote from the cylinder, as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a cistern cleaner, the combination with a cylinder having a flanged top and bottom, ears projecting radially therefrom, tie rods passing through said ears exterior of the cylinder and connecting the top and bottom,"

stub axles formed by the ears of the bottom, wheels journaled thereon and extending below the base, one of said wheels being smooth and the other toothed, and a gear on the hub of the latter; of an angle iron secured to one of the tie rods, a rod passing through and journaled in one of the top ears and in said angle iron, a gear secured to said rod and meshing with the gear on the toothed Wheel, and a handle on the rod near its upper end, as and for the purpose set forth.

3. In a cistern cleaner, the combination with a cylinder having a top and bottoni, stub a cylinder having a top and bottom, ears projecting radially theretrom,stub axles formed by the ears of the bottom, wheels journaled thereon and extending below the base, one of said wheels being smooth and the other toothed, a gear on the hub of the latter, a

pump within the cylinder, telescoping pipes rising from the cylinder, and two brackets carried by the upper end of said pipes, one of which supports the pump-lever; of a telescoping rod passing through and journaled in one bracket and one ear, a gear on said rod meshing with that on said toothed wheel, and a crank-handle carried by the upper end ot' the rod, all as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my signature on this the 15th day ot November, A. D. 1893.

JAMES VVILLARD I'IAVK.

Vitnesses:

GEORGE J. IIAUSCHEN, FRANCIS A. CONKLING. 

